Saarbrücker Symposium (1995-1998)
Euroconferences (1999-2001)
High-Level Scientific Conference Series (2002-2004)
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History
In 1995, the Advanced Translation Research Center was established
at the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, with its yearly 'Saarbrücker
Symposium' as a regular meeting point for international exchanges
of research in T&I. The objectives were
- to promote T&I research across institutional and national borders by providing a platform for theoretical and methodological discussions among T & I experts and
- to support young researchers' projects in the field of T&I by facilitating
the dialog between young researchers and international experts in the
field.
It was hoped that this would help
- to contribute to a more comprehensive picture of T&I as an academic discipline by complementing its strong practical roots with equivalent research standards and profiles
- to offset the lack of institutional support for human T&I projects and
- to counterbalance the trend towards largely individual-based research in human translation, undertaken by few experts scattered over a number of countries worldwide.
Starting in 1999, the Saarbrücker Symposium (1996 - 1998) was sponsored by the EU as a series of T&I Euroconferences under their TMR program (1999 - 2001) and co-financed by the Saarland Ministry for Cultural Affairs and Saarland University. Starting in 2002, the Saarbrücker Symposium will be hosted by Saarland University's partners, Charles University in Prague (2002) and the Aarhus Business School (2003) as a EU-sponsored series of high-level scientific conferences with its 2004 event again being hosted by Saarland University (http://www.euroconferences.info).
The new high-level scientific conference series
As a continuation of the 1999-2001 series of Euroconferences, the new
EU-sponsored series of high level scientific conferences (2002-2004)
will focus on the general topic of 'TEXT & TRANSLATION' (TETRA). They
are again coordinated by Saarland University's Advanced Translation
Research Center and co-organized and hosted by the Institute of
Translation Studies, Charles University Prague (2002) and the Aarhus
Business School (2003). The overall organization is handled by T&I
Portfolios GmbH, Saarbrücken. The conferences will be accompanied
by a European PhD school for T&I doctoral candidates.
Contents and Objectives
The conferences all deal with texts and their (multilingual) translations,
also make use of computer support and focus on a systematization and economization
of translation processes - a widely discussed topic in the multilingual
context of a greater Europe. Their overall objective is to draft a text-based
theory and methodology of translation with computer assistance. The topic
is multidisciplinary ((text) linguistics, computer linguistics, multilingualism,
translation science) and multilingual (E/F/Sp/Cz/Da/G) with English, German
and French as working languages, but also featuring other European languages
(e.g. Czech and Danish). It is approached in three steps (at three European
locations), highlighting three interrelated conferences:
1) the First Event (2002 in Prague)
will concentrate on the description of texts and discourse (as a basis
for establishing translation-relevant text parameters)
2) the Second Event (2003 in Aarhus)
will focus on the relationship between world knowledge and texts, esp.on
the representation of world knowledge, and
3) the Third Event (2004 in Saarbrücken)
will try to integrate the results of the previous two events in an attempt
to systematize translation descisions and formulate text-based translation
models and methodologies. Ideally, the conferences will lead to joint
supervision or co-supervision of theses and dissertations, combined PhD
degrees as well as to the set-up of international working parties or committees
for research purposes in T&I.
Organization and support
The individual conferences are co-organized by
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Zuzanna Jettmarova Institute of Translation Studies Charles University Hybernská 3, 110 00 Praha 1 CZECH REPUBLIC Tel.: 00 42 02 21 61 95 12 Fax: 00 42 02 24 21 79 65 jettmar@ff.cuni.cz http://www.ff.cuni.cz/ |
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Jan Engberg The Aarhus School of Business Fuglesangs Allé 4 Aarhus V Denmark Tel.: +45 89 48 66 88 89 48 66 19 (dir. line) Fax: +45 86 15 77 27 euroconference@asb.dk http://www.asb.dk/ |
Overall coordination
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Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast Universität des Saarlandes (FR 4.6) ATRC (Advanced Translation Research Center) Postfach 15 11 50 66041 Saarbrücken GERMANY Tel.: 00 49 681 302 42 48 Fax: 00 49 681 302 63 07 h.gerzymisch@mx.uni-saarland.de http://www.gerzymisch.de http://www.atrc.de/ |
Administrative support by
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T & I Portfolios Universität des Saarlandes Starterzentrum Im Stadtwald, Gebäude 30 66123 Saarbrücken Germany Tel.: 00 49 6 81 3 02 63 05 Fax: 00 49 6 81 3 02 63 07 www.ti-portfolios.com/ info@ti-portfolios.com |
The conference series is sponsored by
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Ministerium für Bildung, Kultur und
Wissenschaft des Saarlandes www.bildung.saarland.de |
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Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken www.saarbruecken.de |
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Frankreichzentrum - Pôle France an der Universität des
Saarlandes |
The conference series is co-sponsored by
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C.I.U.T.I. www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/ciuti/index.html |
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IATI - International
Academy for Translation and Interpreting e.V. |
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DGÜD |
